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Game Preview: KCR @ MIN, 8:10pm, Thursday, September 13, 2012 @Target Field

Royals, 65-77, 65-77 3rd, 11 GB, 11 GB in WC

SP: Luis Mendoza (28, RHP, 7-9, 4.63)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2012 (7-9)			140.0	153	76	72	51	83	14	4.63
2011 (2-0)			14.2	11	3	2	5	7	0	1.23
2010 (0-1)			4.0	10	10	10	3	1	4	22.50

Last 7 GS		2-2	40.0	47	24	24	10	25	8	5.40	45
2012-09-07	@CHW	ND	5.1	10	5	5	1	3	3	93	30
2012-09-02	MIN	ND	5.0	7	2	2	0	3	1	84	48
2012-08-28	DET	ND	5.0	7	6	6	1	4	1	82	32
2012-08-22	@TBR	L	4.1	5	2	2	4	0	0	81	41
2012-08-17	CHW	W	7.0	4	2	2	1	6	1	85	66
2012-08-11	@BAL	W	6.0	7	3	3	2	4	0	93	48
2012-08-06	@CHW	L	7.1	7	4	4	1	5	2	103	52

Last 5 v.MIN		2-0	19.1	19	6	6	2	12	1	2.79	57
2012-09-02	MIN	ND	5.0	7	2	2	0	3	1	84	48
2012-07-21	MIN	W	6.1	7	3	3	2	4	0	93	49
2012-06-29	@MIN	W	8.0	5	1	1	0	5	0	115	73

Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch

 Home:   31-38   Road:   34-39   ExtrInn: 7-6 
 vsRHP:  43-52   vsLHP:  22-25   1-Run:  24-20
 vsEast: 16-21   vsCntrl:28-27   vsWest: 13-19 IL: 8-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
142 Wed, Sep 12  @MIN  W  10-5       65-77  3rd 11.0 gb
141 Tue, Sep 11  @MIN  W   9-1       64-77  3rd 12.0 gb
140 Sun, Sep  9  @CHW  W   2-1 (10)  63-77  3rd 12.5 gb
139 Sat, Sep  8  @CHW  L   4-5       62-77  3rd 13.5 gb
138 Fri, Sep  7  @CHW  W   7-5       62-76  3rd 12.5 gb
137 Thu, Sep  6   TEX  L   4-5 (10)  61-76  3rd 13.5 gb
136 Wed, Sep  5   TEX  L   6-7       61-75  3rd 13.0 gb
135 Tue, Sep  4   TEX  W   6-3       61-74  3rd 12.0 gb
134 Mon, Sep  3   TEX  L   4-8       60-74  3rd 13.0 gb
133 Sun, Sep  2   MIN  W   6-4       60-73  3rd 12.0 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:17-13

Twins, 59-84, 59-84 4th, 17½ GB, 17½ GB in WC

SP: Liam Hendriks (23, RHP, 0-7, 6.20)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2012 (0-7)			61.0	84	50	42	19	38	12	6.20
2011 (0-2)			23.1	29	16	16	6	16	3	6.17

Last 7 GS		0-4	38.0	46	27	22	14	24	4	5.21	43
2012-09-07	CLE	ND	5.0	8	4	4	3	2	1	108	34
2012-09-01	@KCR	ND	3.2	10	5	3	0	5	0	79	30
2012-08-27	SEA	L	9.0	3	1	1	3	6	1	103	80
2012-08-22	@OAK	L	5.0	6	4	4	3	2	0	97	38
2012-07-02	@DET	ND	4.0	6	4	4	4	1	0	81	31
2012-06-26	CHW	L	6.1	5	3	3	1	5	1	92	55
2012-06-21	@PIT	L	5.0	8	6	3	0	3	1	94	36

Last 5 v.KCR		0-1	8.2	18	10	8	0	7	0	8.31	32
2012-09-01	@KCR	ND	3.2	10	5	3	0	5	0	79	30
2011-09-14	@KCR	L	5.0	8	5	5	0	2	0	83	33

Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch

 Home:   28-43   Road:   31-41   ExtrInn: 5-3 
 vsRHP:  40-60   vsLHP:  19-24   1-Run:  22-23
 vsEast: 10-18   vsCntrl:29-30   vsWest: 11-27 IL: 9-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
143 Wed, Sep 12   KCR  L   5-10      59-84  4th 17.5 gb
142 Tue, Sep 11   KCR  L   1-9       59-83  4th 17.5 gb
141 Mon, Sep 10   CLE  W   7-2       59-82  4th 17.5 gb
140 Sun, Sep  9   CLE  W   8-7       58-82  5th 17.5 gb
139 Sat, Sep  8   CLE  W   3-0       57-82  5th 18.5 gb
138 Fri, Sep  7   CLE  L   6-7       56-82  5th 18.5 gb
137 Wed, Sep  5  @CHW  L   2-6       56-81  5th 18.5 gb
136 Tue, Sep  4  @CHW  W  18-9       56-80  5th 17.5 gb
135 Mon, Sep  3  @CHW  L   2-4       55-80  5th 18.5 gb
134 Sun, Sep  2  @KCR  L   4-6       55-79  5th 17.5 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:10-20

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, Sep 12, 2012 KCR 10 @MIN  5        W:Luke Hochevar (8-13), L: P.J. Walters (2-4), S: none
Tue, Sep 11, 2012 KCR  9 @MIN  1        W:Will Smith (5-7), L: Scott Diamond (11-7), S: none
Sun, Sep 02, 2012 KCR  6  MIN  4        W:Tim Collins (5-2), L: Esmerling Vasquez (0-1), S: Greg Holland (10)
Sat, Sep 01, 2012 MIN  8 @KCR  7        W:Anthony Swarzak (3-4), L: Luke Hochevar (7-13), S: Glen Perkins (10)
Sat, Sep 01, 2012 MIN  3 @KCR  1        W:Cole De Vries (4-5), L: Will Smith (4-7), S: Glen Perkins (9)
Sun, Jul 22, 2012 MIN  7 @KCR  5        W:Sam Deduno (1-0), L: Jeremy Guthrie (3-10), S: none
Sat, Jul 21, 2012 KCR  7  MIN  3        W:Luis Mendoza (4-6), L: Scott Diamond (8-4), S: Aaron Crow (2)
Fri, Jul 20, 2012 MIN  2 @KCR  1 (11)   W:Casey Fien (1-0), L: Jonathan Broxton (1-2), S: Glen Perkins (5)
Sun, Jul 01, 2012 MIN 10  KCR  8        W:Jeff Gray (4-0), L: Bruce Chen (7-7), S: none
Sat, Jun 30, 2012 MIN  5  KCR  1        W:Cole De Vries (2-1), L: Luke Hochevar (5-8), S: none
Season Series: 2012 - MIN over 10-7; 2011 - MIN won 10-8; 2010 - MIN won 13-5; All-Time - MIN leads 360-315

Key for Batter vs. Pitcher Grids on the next pageKey for Batter vs. Pitcher Grids Below
Batter vs. Pitcher totals are career totals. All others are year-to-date.
PA - Plate Appearances (`AB+BB+HBP+SH+SF+CI`) BF - Batters Faced BA - Batting Average OBP - On-Base Percentage SLG - Slugging Percentage Last 28d - PA and OPS in the last 28 days. SB/CS - Stolen Bases and Caught Stealing HR/E - Home Runs and Errors Made ERA-K/9 - Earned Run Average and SO per 9 IP Total - Team totals for those categories. Usage - See the note below the grid.	OPS - On-Base Percentage + Slugging Percentage (a good single number for measuring a player's hitting, avg. is .750 or so) RA/G & RS/G - Runs scored and allowed per game. PA/vRH - Plate Appearances overall/PA's vs. Right-handed Pitchers Catcher Def. - Catcher Defense with each catcher's Stolen Bases, Caught Stealings, and Passed Balls allowed. G/S/vB or G/S/vP - Links to the player's 2012 gamelogs, splits, or career batter vs. pitcher results vLH/vRH - OPS vs. left-handed pitchers and vs. right-handed pitchers Hm or Rd, Home or Road - OPS or OPS allowed in home or road games. OF G: LF / CF / RF - A - Outfielders with the games played by position and their total number of assists vs LHB - Batters faced and OPS allowed against left-handed batters vs RHB - Batters faced and OPS allowed against right-handed batters HR/SB/CS - Pitcher's Home Runs, Stolen Bases and Caught Stealings allowed

MLB Best, Middle, Worst

Stat Best Middle Worst	RS/G TEX 5.11 BAL 4.37 HOU 3.57	RA/G WSN 3.59 TEX 4.27 COL 5.44	BA M. Cabrera .346 J. Heyward .274 J. Smoak .189	OBP J. Mauer .414 A. Cabrera .336 J. Smoak .258	SLG G. Stanton .597 T. Hunter .444 J. Weeks .302	OPS M. Cabrera .983 N. Walker .777 J. Smoak .569	ERA D. Price 2.54 L. Harrell 3.83 R. Romero 5.87	K/9IP M. Scherzer 11.21 W. Chen 7.38 H. Alvarez 3.34

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

TEX 5.11

BAL 4.37

HOU 3.57

RA/G

WSN 3.59

TEX 4.27

COL 5.44

M. Cabrera .346

J. Heyward .274

J. Smoak .189

OBP

J. Mauer .414

A. Cabrera .336

J. Smoak .258

SLG

G. Stanton .597

T. Hunter .444

J. Weeks .302

OPS

M. Cabrera .983

N. Walker .777

J. Smoak .569

ERA

D. Price 2.54

L. Harrell 3.83

R. Romero 5.87

K/9IP

M. Scherzer 11.21

W. Chen 7.38

H. Alvarez 3.34

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Royals Batters (4.25 RS/G) vs. Twins Pitchers (5.20 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 62.Hendriks
G/S/vB 31.Burnett
G/S/vB 61.Burton
G/S/vB 38.De Vries
G/S/vB 52.Duensing*
G/S/vB 50.Fien
G/S/vB 67.Perdomo
G/S/vB 15.Perkins*
G/S/vB 64.Robertson*
G/S/vB 51.Swarzak
G/S/vB 57.Waldrop
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

34.Abreu# G/S/vP 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 44/25 .318/.318/.409/.727 .579/.840 .800 34/.706 0/0 0/0

16.Butler G/S/vP 6/1.167 13/.685 7/.286 9/1.431 22/.768 2/1.500 1/2.000 13/.847 ··· 11/1.636 3/1.167 597/428 .310/.374/.498/.872 1.046/.806 .889 110/.840 2/1 25/2

6.Cain G/S/vP 2/.000 3/1.000 1/.000 3/.666 1/.000 2/.500 1/no AB 2/.000 ··· 6/.666 1/.000 240/160 .265/.313/.416/.728 .836/.675 .571 102/.762 9/0 7/4

1.Dyson* G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 1/.000 4/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 4/.000 1/.000 301/229 .270/.333/.337/.670 .525/.714 .687 21/.616 26/4 0/6

2.Escobar G/S/vP 5/.000 9/1.194 6/.533 7/.000 15/.896 1/2.000 2/.000 2/1.500 2/.000 10/.311 3/.666 578/405 .298/.339/.399/.737 .677/.762 .680 110/.689 28/5 4/17

21.Francoeur G/S/vP 2/2.000 8/1.000 10/.200 9/.444 17/1.118 1/.000 1/.000 4/.250 ··· 5/1.200 2/.500 527/364 .233/.287/.362/.648 .733/.612 .653 77/.562 4/6 12/1

9.Giavotella G/S/vP 2/.000 2/1.000 ··· 6/.666 2/.000 ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· 5/1.200 1/.000 149/88 .248/.289/.312/.601 .478/.683 .685 76/.677 3/0 1/4

4.Gordon* G/S/vP 6/.666 5/.200 3/1.667 9/.444 24/.681 3/.667 ··· 14/.812 6/.000 6/.833 2/1.000 641/417 .292/.360/.447/.807 .646/.896 .782 111/.804 10/5 11/1

35.Hosmer* G/S/vP 5/.800 4/2.500 1/3.000 8/.250 14/.428 2/1.000 2/1.500 7/1.000 1/2.000 9/.444 1/2.000 549/365 .244/.315/.380/.695 .611/.738 .676 89/.871 14/1 14/9

7.Lough* G/S/vP 3/1.334 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 25/22 .304/.320/.348/.668 .000/.764 .667 25/.668 1/0 0/0

8.Moustakas* G/S/vP 4/2.250 3/.666 3/.333 9/1.444 6/.666 ··· 1/.000 7/.572 4/.750 6/.500 2/3.000 548/384 .250/.305/.429/.733 .686/.754 .644 101/.673 5/2 19/11

27.Pena# G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB 2/.500 3/.666 15/.500 1/.000 ··· 6/.666 1/.000 ··· ··· 199/132 .247/.278/.328/.606 .612/.602 .521 26/.431 0/1 2/4

13.Perez G/S/vP 4/1.750 3/.666 1/.000 2/1.500 2/2.500 1/.000 1/.000 3/1.667 ··· 9/.888 3/1.334 242/169 .319/.343/.515/.858 1.146/.736 .904 88/.899 0/0 10/4

28.Pina G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / / / /

IP 61.0 63.2 53.1 87.2 97.1 27.1 9.2 60.1 21.0 84.0 14.1 TOTAL .269/.321/.406/.726 .712/.733 .701 .740 116/33 115/90

ERA-K/9

6.20/5.6

3.25/3.8

2.19/7.6

4.11/6.0

5.09/5.4

1.65/8.6

4.66/5.6

2.54/9.9

6.00/9.0

4.93/5.9

2.51/2.5

4.85/5.9

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Pena (51-16-5)
Perez (19-16-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 281/.328 275/.254 213/.193 375/.252 425/.294 111/.202 48/.263 245/.234 92/.241 355/.281 64/.316 .278 Francoeur
Gordon
Dyson
Cain
Hosmer
Lough 0/2/125/18
140/0/0/12
0/82/0/6
1/49/9/3
0/0/2/1
0/1/4/0

OPS .927 .674 .561 .735 .777 .546 .791 .636 .735 .774 .794 .782

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 138/.717 100/.590 83/.736 178/.690 154/.670 48/.379 28/.685 94/.498 58/.596 163/.709 28/.530 .759

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 143/1.128 175/.714 130/.455 197/.773 271/.838 63/.670 20/.938 151/.725 34/.977 192/.829 36/.990 .799

Home 151/.865 129/.636 115/.597 171/.848 191/.732 49/.612 31/.753 133/.707 50/.553 175/.720 28/.575

Last 28d days 101/.806 50/.880 34/.668 93/.477 85/.797 41/.386 18/.889 28/.254 33/.589 66/.761 43/.626

HR/SB/CS 12/6/2 4/7/0 4/5/0 16/2/1 10/4/1 0/3/0 0/1/0 5/2/3 4/2/2 12/0/1 1/1/0 173/98/21

Usage ·····X·· ·X···X·o ···Xo··o ····X··· o··Xo··X o··X···· XX······ ····oo·· o·o··X·· X··X···· X·o··X··

Twins Batters (4.45 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (4.54 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 39.Mendoza
G/S/vB 67.Bueno*
G/S/vB 31.Coleman
G/S/vB 55.Collins*
G/S/vB 43.Crow
G/S/vB 40.Herrera
G/S/vB 56.Holland
G/S/vB 41.Jeffress
G/S/vB 32.Mazzaro
G/S/vB 53.Smith*
G/S/vB 61.Teaford*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

41.Butera G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.000 4/1.167 1/5.000 3/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 104/73 .219/.279/.302/.581 .265/.717 .521 16/.527 0/0 1/1

8.Carroll G/S/vP 11/.764 1/.000 3/.667 1/2.000 2/2.000 3/.666 3/.000 ··· 2/1.000 8/1.714 2/.000 498/364 .259/.338/.305/.643 .793/.587 .647 80/.758 8/5 1/12

22.Carson G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 3/.000 ··· 40/29 .270/.300/.297/.597 .899/.491 .400 40/.597 0/0 0/0

12.Casilla# G/S/vP 8/.833 ··· 4/.500 5/.650 3/.000 4/.500 4/.000 ··· 4/.250 2/1.000 5/1.100 303/230 .219/.262/.291/.554 .624/.532 .675 35/.564 18/1 1/7

18.Doumit# G/S/vP 11/.819 1/.000 1/.000 3/1.666 3/.666 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 9/.222 2/.000 480/330 .282/.327/.465/.792 .652/.857 .759 96/.630 0/0 16/5

5.Escobar# G/S/vP 3/1.667 ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 3/.333 ··· 118/87 .221/.293/.279/.572 .870/.459 .639 21/.644 2/0 0/2

25.Florimon# G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 6/.334 2/1.000 91/58 .244/.303/.354/.657 .657/.657 .594 91/.657 2/0 0/5

19.Mastroianni G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/no AB 2/.000 3/3.000 ··· 2/.000 7/1.314 ··· 173/102 .263/.335/.368/.704 .705/.702 .760 45/.485 19/3 3/3

7.Mauer* G/S/vP 8/.715 1/2.000 1/2.000 6/.750 ··· 1/no AB 1/2.000 ··· 4/1.000 ··· 5/1.800 569/373 .319/.414/.447/.860 .781/.901 .864 99/.892 8/4 9/5

33.Morneau* G/S/vP 7/1.142 2/.000 ··· 7/.286 3/1.667 ··· 2/1.500 1/.000 1/no AB 9/1.444 5/.800 509/323 .278/.340/.470/.810 .575/.952 .776 104/.783 1/0 19/3

27.Parmelee* G/S/vP 5/2.200 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 2/.500 1/no AB ··· 2/.000 3/1.667 2/.000 166/120 .245/.307/.411/.718 .762/.701 .585 46/.997 0/0 5/2

24.Plouffe G/S/vP 6/.000 ··· 2/.500 1/.000 6/.000 1/.000 3/.000 ··· 3/.666 9/.958 4/1.833 395/273 .234/.306/.451/.757 .924/.686 .876 95/.559 0/3 20/15

11.Revere* G/S/vP 11/1.055 2/.000 3/1.000 8/.929 2/1.000 3/2.000 5/.000 ··· 2/.000 6/1.000 4/.500 477/326 .301/.337/.353/.690 .706/.682 .709 108/.567 36/7 0/0

2.Span* G/S/vP 6/.000 1/2.000 3/1.000 6/.733 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 2/1.000 5/.400 3/.000 4/1.417 493/340 .290/.352/.400/.752 .714/.768 .943 25/.818 14/6 3/4

16.Willingham G/S/vP 8/.542 1/.000 2/.000 3/.333 6/.334 3/.000 3/1.167 ··· 2/1.000 9/1.158 2/.000 571/399 .260/.368/.529/.897 .975/.864 1.033 88/.787 3/2 33/4

IP 140.0 12.0 44.0 67.0 57.0 76.0 59.0 9.2 38.1 74.2 56.2 TOTAL .264/.329/.398/.727 .729/.726 .781 .696 119/34 120/95

ERA-K/9

4.63/5.3

1.50/4.5

4.09/10.4

3.09/12.1

3.47/9.3

2.37/8.3

2.90/12.4

0.93/9.3

5.87/5.6

4.94/6.0

4.45/5.2

4.28/7.4

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Butera (18-7-4)
Doumit (26-7-2)
Mauer (54-7-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 606/.284 48/.250 185/.214 276/.202 229/.233 305/.246 256/.241 46/.256 174/.327 327/.298 235/.266 .267 Willingham
Revere
Span
Carson
Plouffe
Mastroianni
Parmelee
Doumit
Escobar 111/0/0/6
2/36/69/6
0/107/0/4
5/0/6/2
2/0/15/2
23/4/32/2
1/0/14/1
15/0/6/0
1/0/0/0

OPS .780 .564 .766 .651 .614 .642 .655 .703 .818 .823 .786 .760

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 313/.825 25/.791 68/.708 126/.750 80/.511 115/.733 102/.586 16/.188 71/.937 92/.844 84/.793 .756

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 293/.734 23/.317 117/.799 150/.568 149/.669 190/.590 154/.702 30/.967 103/.744 235/.815 151/.782 .763

Road 300/.805 18/.528 87/1.046 137/.419 101/.618 151/.625 118/.657 20/.650 105/.766 192/.791 110/.964

Last 28d days 118/.916 27/.576 31/.852 39/.825 34/.684 68/.708 47/.569 21/.702 26/.781 100/.919 55/.676

HR/SB/CS 14/4/6 0/0/0 9/0/2 7/9/0 4/2/2 4/11/4 1/2/2 0/2/0 3/10/2 10/7/3 10/2/2 146/102/49

Usage ·····X·· o·····o· ·X······ X··o·oo· ·X···ooo X··o·oX· ···X·XX· ····X··X ····X··X ·X······ ·······X

Usage -- each character represents the number of pitches thrown by the pitcher for yesterday, two days ago, three days ago, ...., up to eight days ago:
· - did not pitch; o - less than 16 pitches; X - at least 16 pitches (the median relief outing)
An Example ( ·X···o·X ): Yesterday off, 16 or more pitches, three days off, less than 16 pitches, day off, 16 or more pitches (8 days ago). Yesterday is in bold for improved scanning.